No Bake Cheesecake Bites
Author: Alexa Schirm
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 8
- CRUST:
- Crust:
- 1 cup pecans, ground or finely chopped
- ½ cup walnuts, ground or finely chopped
- ¾ cup almond meal or ground flaxseed
- 1 egg white
- 3 Tbsp butter, melted (coconut oil works as well)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼-1/3 cup honey
- CHEESECAKE:
- 1 cup fresh blueberries (or frozen, thawed)
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 2 (8-ounce) packages FULL-FAT cream cheese, softened
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg or ginger
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup powdered coconut sugar, sifted
- Preheat oven to 425.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine ground pecans, walnuts, almond meal, cinnamon, and mix.
- Add egg white, melted butter and honey.
- Mix until the crust looks even and consistent.
- Place the crust in an even layer on the bottom of an eight inch cheesecake pan (or an 8 x 11 inch pan for bars).
- Bake for 7-10 minutes or until the crust in nice and golden. Cool completely.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat ¼ cup softened butter and the cream cheese until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the mixer.
- Add blueberries and mix to combine.
- Add vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt and combine until smooth.
- Reduce speed to medium low and add powdered sugar ¼ cup at a time; beat until smooth.
- Transfer mixture to prepared pan, spreading it out evenly over the crust.
- Cover and chill until set, about 2 hours, or overnight (we couldn’t wait this long and it was still delicious).
- Cut into slices and serve.
Recipe by Simple Roots at https://simplerootswellness.com/no-bake-cheesecake-bites/
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